"Thou Shalt Have No Other gods Before Me" not even g..gl, .m.zon. or f.ceb..k...

[His_nee (Jeff)]

perhaps this isn't 'casual' like for the lounge, but really is important more and more, well, always, in all lives.

God isn't pleased when we get tricked into wasting our time (me, my, I do, oy veh! ) with tv, internet, games, distractions, etc et al ad infinitum, ad nauseum, intercostaldispensational -isms (a'right, made that one up )....
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but, still, casually and seriously, is my/our/your/his/her/their time spent serving the One True God Yhwh Elohim, or any other ?
no, we can't be a monk (although I like the tv show, except for the sikologists) , unless God says "You're a monk" which would not be likely, at least not in english, in the common vocation of monk (nor a nun).... (but and or that's for another door/thread/notice )
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NO OTHER GOD'S ...... simple, right ?
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aarrgghum (clear's throat) ... Excuse me. Not so simple. Well, yes, 'simple' for a child... but not so simple in our society nor in our churches nor anywhere human's dwell on earth (yet) as 'adults' mess things up so readily (willingly and often, almost always).....
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well, time is short (in sooooo many ways..) and I've got to go pay bills ("W" 'o' "R" 'k')....... for a while.
Tonight, Shabbat Shalom ! YEAH!

oh, i forgot about g..gl, .m.zon. or f.ceb..k... --- the 'gods' of the internet web.....

GOOD! HAPPY to forget those things for a while, for a good long while..... until later then, SHALOM to all who love ABBA and seek His Life in Christ Jesus the Lord and Savior forever. Amein.

my 'j' "O" 'b' takes me in and out a lot, daily, often, frequently, fairly often, sometimes not, so I'll see you when I see you, Lord Willing. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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[WIP]

Funny...as I was reading your post the thought went through my mind that our life's demands can often times become gods for us and then I came to this statement in your post, "well, time is short (in sooooo many ways..) and I've got to go pay bills ("W" 'o' "R" 'k')....... for a while." I'm not picking on you I just thought it was ironic that I thought of this and then read the above statement.

Our lifestyles place demands on us not only for survival but also for our pleasures. Our pleasures can most certainly become idols for us but can our need for survival also become idols? I think Jesus warned against this when scripture recorded him saying,

25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

 

[His_nee (Jeff)]

Funny...as I was reading your post the thought went through my mind that our life's demands can often times become gods for us and then I came to this statement in your post, "well, time is short (in sooooo many ways..) and I've got to go pay bills ("W" 'o' "R" 'k')....... for a while." I'm not picking on you I just thought it was ironic that I thought of this and then read the above statement.

Our lifestyles place demands on us not only for survival but also for our pleasures. Our pleasures can most certainly become idols for us but can our need for survival also become idols? ... ... ...

Yes, that's right in that anything can become idols. the Scripture even somewhere says selfishness is as witchcraft or idolatry. Most Multitudes never ever turn to God to find out what to do about it. Though they may hear the Message /Good News of Jesus, they ignore it or turn back to their own (fleshly or carnal) life.

As far as lifestyles placing demands on us , whether for survival or pleasures, that is why crucifixion is required. Yhwh doesn't try to 'fix' the flesh. He crucifies it.(in the new creation). so that it loses its power over us who are immersed in Yeshua. (albeit yes, it still may take decades to learn this and to live with a renewed mind and right spirit according to Yhwh's Word instead of anything else.).

 

[YosefHayim]

Do you know why they call them TV Channels? They are channeling you.

Do you know why they call them TV Programs? They are programming you.

This is true. I have to put my laptop and tablet away for months at a time. I need to fast on self control.

 

[His_nee (Jeff)]

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 For the pagans run after all these things, ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Yhwh sets His people apart and provides for His children, (even for the pagans too actually),
generously and without causing them shame.
He provides well for His children, along with certain persecution and often physical pain.
So , why are there so few of His children on earth ? (He answers this many times, several ways, in Bible and Spirit).

 

[AirDancer]

Matthew 22:14 NASB)
For many are called, but few are chosen.”

 

[for_his_glory]

Anything you give first place to becomes your idol if you are not giving God first place in all you do and say. Noting wrong with watching TV, playing on the internet or even having nice things that you have worked for as God also wants us to enjoy life, but if we are not about our Fathers business first then the day belongs to self as being our idol in the material and not the Spiritual.